TAGUM City Mayor Rey T. Uy urged the Anti-Illegal Logging Task Force of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to strengthen the implementation of the logging ban, following the delivery of almost 200 logs to the City Government of Tagum confiscated in Loreto, Agusan del Sur last December 30, 2011.
Uy said this means there are still illegal loggers operating in the mountains, defying President Benigno S. Aquino Executive Order No. 23 for a total log ban in the entire country.
Mayor Uy wants the DENR to put teeth to the law, both at the sources of illegal logging activities and along roads where hot logs are being transported.
In a press conference last November 8, the mayor had challenged the DENR said there are still some DENR personnel who are involved in the illegal practice.
Meanwhile, confiscated logs – mostly of Lauan – are being fabricated into school chairs for distribution to schools in Davao del Norte and Compostela Valley. As of press time, 14, 435 pieces of school furniture had already found their way to various schools in the Davao region, with some 4,000 pieces at the Tagum City Motor Pool for distribution this month.
About 3,000 chairs can be produced monthly from confiscated logs, according to Mayor Uy.
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